For the primary time within the match’s historical past, the Wimbledon males’s singles ultimate, first performed in 1877, would have a feminine chair umpire.
Marija Sisak, 43, of Croatia will officiate on Sunday when Novak Djokovic faces Matteo Berrettini for the championship on the All England Club.
The membership introduced Siaka’s choice on Saturday.
She has been the Gold Badge Chair Umpire and a member of the WTA Elite Team since 2012.
Sisak was the chair umpire for the 2014 Wimbledon ladies’s ultimate and the ladies’s doubles ultimate three years later. She additionally officiated within the ladies’s singles gold medal match on the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
